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News

Richmond’s Infamous Robert E. Lee Statue May Go to a Black History Museum

The Virginia governor and Richmond mayor announced a tentative agreement to transfer the massive statue to the local Black History Museum and Cultural Center.

Art

Required Reading

This week, a massive digital version of Rembrandt's "Night Watch," academics on Twitter, transgender and nonbinary methods of art history, the immorality of diet culture, and more.

Art

Kiowa Murals Embody Kiowa Language, Culture, and Community

Born out of a request back in 1978 to preserve tribal culture, the murals demonstrate the important role of art for members of the Kiowa tribe.

Art

A Barbara Kruger Retrospective Mixes Capitalism and its Critique

Kruger never seemed to mind that the very world she critiqued co-opted her style and spit it back into advertising.

Art

Identity and Transformation in the Art of Raúl de Nieves

De Nieves suggests that we are not just one thing or another, but an amalgamation, transforming, always in a state of becoming.

Books

How Venetian Glass Seduced American Artists a Century Ago

A lavishly illustrated, fascinating book explores the resurgence of Venetian glass and the ways it influenced American ideas about taste and beauty.

SVA’s Continuing Education Courses Begin January 24

SVACE offers over 230 online and on-campus courses in subjects like fine arts, design, animation, art & activism, writing, visual narrative, and more.

Art

The Transcendent Power of Black in Norman Lewis's Abstractions

For Lewis, a first-generation Abstract Expressionist, working with black seemed to open up his art.

Film

On Camouflage and Control in The Velvet Queen

Rather than celebrate intrepid man capturing, and controlling, the magic of “nature,” the film focuses more on how nature watches us.

Books

Searching for (Artificially) Intelligent Life

Eugene Lim’s novel explores mortality by way of Buddhism, cybernetics, and Asian identity.

Opinion

New York City's Treatment of the "Fearless Girl" Harms Artist Rights

By failing to consider the artist’s interests or opinions, the city is setting extraordinary precedents with “Fearless Girl” that blow up custom and fair practice.